1. Behar Company makes three types of stainless steel frying pans. Each of the three types of pans requires the use of a special machine that has total operating capacity of 170,250 hours per year. Information on each of the three products is as follows:

   	Basic	Standard	Deluxe
   Selling price	$11.70	$16.58	$34.18
   Unit variable cost	$6.46	$10.76	$14.14
   Machine hours required	0.10	0.20	0.50

   The marketing manager has determined that the company can sell all that it can produce of each of the three products.

   Required:

   1. How many of each product should be sold to maximize the total contribution margin? If a product should not be produced at all, enter "0" for your answer.

   Number of basic units:
   Number of standard units:
   Number of deluxe units:

   What is the contribution margin per machine hour for each of these products? If required, round your answers to the nearest cent.

   Basic units:	$ per machine hour
   Standard units:	$ per machine hour
   Deluxe units:	$ per machine hour

   What is the total contribution margin for this product mix?

   $

   2. Suppose that Behar can sell no more than 281,000 units of each type at the prices indicated. What product mix would you recommend?

   Number of basic units:
   Number of standard units:
   Number of deluxe units:

   What would be the total contribution margin?